[wastintime]

Hey Everyone,
It's not that fun when the gland nut comes off of your fan at 2am allowing metal spacers to be sucked into it and the blades to start coming apart... thankfully it didn't hurt anything too major. I replaced the fan and replaced some incorrect parts (namely the nut that came off!) with correct ones. The vibrations from the fan not being attached properly threw off the linkage a good bit, and the crossbar is unable to be securely attached to the car.

My mechanic and I both think the fan shroud needs to come off becuase the metal itself is starting to show signs of fatigue, and we really can't see why crossbar isn't attaching properly. It could be the points on the shroud, the bellcrank at the back, etc...

Anyway, my question is: Has anyone ever removed the fan shroud on their engine? How easy of a process is it and what is involved? If anyone has the general steps that would be great.

Also, I'm not totally sure if I need to replace the shroud or not, I guess I'll figure that out once I get it off. Does anyone know of a good source for fan shrouds?

Thanks,
Andrew